jackc/pgx · error

rows is closed

Error message

rows is closed

What it means

Error "rows is closed" thrown in jackc/pgx.

Source

Thrown at rows.go:294

		if rows.scanTypes[i] != reflect.TypeOf(dst) {
			rows.scanPlans[i] = m.PlanScan(fieldDescriptions[i].DataTypeOID, fieldDescriptions[i].Format, dest[i])
			rows.scanTypes[i] = reflect.TypeOf(dest[i])
		}

		err := rows.scanPlans[i].Scan(values[i], dst)
		if err != nil {
			err = ScanArgError{ColumnIndex: i, FieldName: fieldDescriptions[i].Name, Err: err}
			rows.fatal(err)
			return err
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (rows *baseRows) Values() ([]any, error) {
	if rows.closed {
		return nil, errors.New("rows is closed")
	}

	values := make([]any, 0, len(rows.FieldDescriptions()))

	for i := range rows.FieldDescriptions() {
		buf := rows.values[i]
		fd := &rows.FieldDescriptions()[i]

		if buf == nil {
			values = append(values, nil)
			continue
		}

		if dt, ok := rows.typeMap.TypeForOID(fd.DataTypeOID); ok {
			value, err := dt.Codec.DecodeValue(rows.typeMap, fd.DataTypeOID, fd.Format, buf)
			if err != nil {
				rows.fatal(err)
			}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at rows.go:294 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of jackc/pgx@ec1a0befd2 (2026-08-04). Data as JSON: /data/errors/507bd8324b0b48e4.json. Report an issue: GitHub.